Chapter 293

We had finished breakfast and were on our way to the farm, the sun peeking over the horizon as King, Alexis, and I walked along the beach.

King was eating an apple and speculating about bringing seeds from the farm in the Mother's old realm to this one. He was describing some fruit that he had eaten while there.

Suddenly Alexis looked up.

A moment later, I felt something in my center, pulling at me.

I knew.

We both knew.

I tried to reach for King, but in that split second I was no longer on my beach. The sunrise, the ever-present sound of the waves, and the feel of the warm sand as it covered my toes were gone.

I arrived in a cold, dim room. I had been here before. This was the castle in Scotland—St. Kilda. We were back in our own world! Shock and disorientation filled me. Once upon a time, there had been a throne in this room and I had sat here being interviewed by Alexis' Elder council and then violated by the Rectors.

Alexis was on one side of me and Ran was on the other. Ne